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Non-Stop (2014)
Every 20 minutes, someone will die... unless I don't feel like it.
Liam Neeson was good in this film. Sadly, however, he was one of the only few good things in this film. The premise is interesting enough, and the film has its moments, but these are few and far between.
First and foremost, this movie is one of the most boring things I've seen in a while. It's slow to start, slow throughout and somehow manages to feel slow in the supposedly fast-paced action sequence at the end. People talk a lot in this movie, but seldom do they have much to say.
In this film, Liam Neeson (I've already forgotten the name of every character in this film) walks up and down a plane, trying to stop a murderer who kills someone every 20 minutes, all while contacting Neeson on his smartphone. The logo of said smartphone has also escaped my mind, however I am fairly sure it stayed there longer than the names of the characters, due to it having more close-ups than any other character in the film. After a while, this no longer happens, because the plot feels like doing something different now.
The acting is solid, for the most part. No memorable performances here though, except from Liam Neeson, for being Liam Neeson... again.
The film takes place during a flight between New York and London, and after watching this, you'll feel like you've done so in real time, but gone nowhere.
The Prodigy (2009)
If your child asks you to buy this in Poundland, don't.
The title, which you see above you, is intended as a warning to exactly what happened when my little sister asked to get this in Poundland. Join the "animators and artists of Shrek" as you journey through ancient China, represented in glorious mid-90s video game graphics. Meet a bunch of characters who you'll grow to know and want to strangle, voiced by people whom I imagine were paid less than £5 for their respective parts, and I doubt it will ever be enough for them to be able to live with what they've done. They will embark on an epic quest to stop some irritating person from doing something or another. You won't care by the time this film ends. Your mind will only be concerned with snapping the disc. The bottom line is: don't buy this, unless you plan to use it as an instrument of torture.